xv, 330 pages 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322)

Preface -- Part 1: Preliminary surveys: 1. The pastoral situation to-day -- 2. The meaning and purpose of ascetical theology -- 3. Spirituality and the New Testament -- 4. The English School: its development and character -- Part 2: The English School: patristic and medieval development: 5. Catholic ascetic: St Augustine -- 6. St Benedict -- 7. The Cistercian reform: St Bernard -- 8. William of St Thierry -- 9. The School of St Victor -- 10. The Franciscans -- 11. St Thomas Aquinas -- 12. Conclusion to part two -- Part 3: The English School: 13. The Celtic church and Whitby -- 14. St Anselm -- 15. Prelude to the fourteenth century -- 16. Walter Hilton -- 17. Julian of Norwich -- 18. Richard Rolle and Margery Kempe -- 19. The Caroline Divines -- 20. The Book of Common Prayer -- 21. The Post-Caroline disintegration -- 22. Spiritual guidance to-day -- Appendix: a course of study in ascetical theology -- Bibliography -- Index

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